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VoyagePrive extends to the UK, ex-Lastminute.com boss at the helm
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May 13, 2010
Member-only online luxury travel service, Voyage Prive, has reached the UK after four years slowly extending around other European countries and the US.
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How will Thomas Cook become a top European online travel agency?
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April 27, 2010
Even in an industry full of hyperbole the claim by tour operating giant Thomas Cook that it will become one of the top online travel agencies in Europe needs examining.
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Lastminute.com and Google - the best advertising that money can't buy
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February 22, 2010
Google surprised many in adland a few months ago when its first major outdoor advertising campaign was launched simply to plug its Chrome browser.
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Lastminute.com says the most useful thing to spend marketing money on is analytics
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November 25, 2009
Ian McCaig, CEO of European OTA lastminute.com, is arguably one of the more upfront and realistic executives on the travel circuit and his latest appraisal of the industry isn't for the faint-hearted....
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Lastminute.com loses top executive Vic Darvey to the money world
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November 5, 2009
Vic Darvey, vice president of distribution for European online travel agency giant lastminute.com, is leaving the company and the travel industry for good after securing a job in the financial world....
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Teletext and Tesco - what the release didn't say
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October 7, 2009
Much muttering and breaking open of the champagne in the UK today as Teletext Holidays unveiled a project to open retail travel agencies in conjunction with supermarket giant Tesco. The online and TV...
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